This dark comedy is anchored by its wry sense of wit and the sarcastic performances of WInona Ryder and Christian Slater. It takes the John Hughes high school nostalgia and turns it on its head in a film that foreshadows schools shootings but somehow avoids complete morbidity by not taking itself too seriously.

I babysat for some girls who recommended this movie to me, so I was instantly suspicious of this movie. But it was really good. Whether or not it could be made today (it probably wouldn't be), it was good for what it was. And incredibly entertaining and dark. I like all this.